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Randye Kaye is the author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope , (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011), and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words. Change Your Life. (2022)

She's also an audiobook narrator (hence the large number of books in her author profile, most of which she did not write!)

Randye wrote Happier Made Simple in response to readers of her first book, who always seemed to ask her: “How do you stay so positive?"

Randye's hope for her first book, a memoir of schizophrenia (in her son) and motherhood, is that it will help share the honest experience of families, increase respect and understanding for those with mental illness, reduce stigma, and offer resources as well as hope. Pub ...more

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	Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin, Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 4.36 avg rating — 33,164 ratings — published 2003 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bay at Midnight by Diane Chamberlain (Goodreads Author), Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Cris Dukehart (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.08 avg rating — 11,197 ratings — published 2005 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imogene's Antlers (1 Hardcover/1 CD) by David Small, Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.18 avg rating — 7,974 ratings — published 1985 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard, Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 4.15 avg rating — 6,909 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett, Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.13 avg rating — 6,902 ratings — published 1990 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System by Anodea Judith (Goodreads Author), Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (narrator) 4.21 avg rating — 5,769 ratings — published 1987 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope 4.06 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words. Change Your Life. 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse by Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Schizophrenia comes in three stages: onset (prodromal stage), acute period (active stage), and the aftermath (residual stage).”
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“high dose of philosophy and low dose of reality, and he told me it seemed all of Ben’s ideas were straight out of the Ishmael books.”
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Aug 12, 2012 07:27AM

Hi Karen - wow!!! it's awesome so far ! congrats !

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message 1: by Karen

Aug 12, 2012 01:47AM

hey Randye, Thanks for friending,
Please check out my gutsy memoir, ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.
A teacher’s story of parent harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery
How did Reclaim my life?
Read #20 pages for FREE http://lnkd.in/BmuVR7
cheers,
Karen :)

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